Intelligent well spoken guy from China laying it all out straight.
Nice video! I agree with many of his points.
But Iām not sure this guy can go back to China safelyā¦
āThereās no right ideologyā
āFreedom and safety arenāt mutually exclusiveā
āEveryone is under the rules of law, including government officialsā
āGovernment officials are indeed public servantsā
Watch out, Simon!
Yeah seriously. This kid comes from a well off family in China. In his previous videos you can see his parentsā big house in the Shanghai suburbs, BMW, etc. Heās not flashy about it or anything, I just worry he might be a little naive. Heās clearly had some overseas schooling and seems like a nice kid, but he doesnāt seem to be fully aware that heās poking at a very sensitive authoritarian regime.
I hope he isnāt that naive that he will take a trip back to China soon. Most likely he is not planning that. Stay overseas, China is too dangerous for people like that right now. Lots of Chinese would be willing to discuss for and against him sure but the CCP will not.
Itās a very good video overall this guy is very articulate .
After living here and dealing with the traffic and Taiwan laobans and low pay offers we maybe donāt have such rosy views but it doesnāt take away from his core points which is why many of us are still here .
I likes this point in particular , lack of censorship and religious and ideological conservatism isnāt just good compared to mainland China, itās actually really good compared to most countries in Asia! Truly a bright spot in Asia. What would be good is if he picked out some comics or books or newspapers rom the shelves to illustrate his point, or some snippets from the Taiwanese internet.
He made a similar video a bit earlier titled Mainland China v.s. Taiwan
In that video he avoided talking about Taiwanās free society. I commented that
The greatest things about Taiwan, which you cannot mention, are liberty, democracy, equity, multi-culturalism, and the rule of law. Taiwan isnāt perfect in these areas, but its failings can be publicly acknowledged and discussed, and people and organizations work hard to make Taiwan a better place, even if progress is hard won and comes at a snails pace.
Iād like to think the new video is sort of acknowledging he indeed avoided talking about whatās best about Taiwan.
I first found his channel from those youtubers who used to live in China, c-milk (laowhy86) or SerpentZA. One of them mentioned Simon in their videos and asked viewers to give him a watch.
I joined his patreon
Some of the things he says about Taiwan is something even the USA canāt touch.
In the US politicians are lording over everyone except for maybe minor local officials. Presidential candidates are under so many layers of protection that unless youāre a VIP of that candidate, there is no way you can be within 100 feet of them. In the US the elites truly control the country, and policies are meant to 1. serve the elites, and 2. keep the people quiet. You know as good as NHI is, there were faults in it, for example if you canāt pay the fee your card gets locked. But they fixed that as of 2016, meaning they canāt lock your card just because youāre unable to pay the fees.
Yea he should probably stay out of China. Iām not really sure what they do but youtube doesnāt work there so Iām not sure if officials in China will deem him a political activist.